baroque
a pleasure to listen to
want. now.
Fed-ex: I have a dream/7.
un capolavoro!
“Italiani, siete delle merde!” Inizia col botto la conferenza stampa del Presidente della Repubblica. “La casta vi stava bene finché c’erano il diciotto politico, le baby pensioni, i lavori socialmente utili. Finché c’erano i gemellaggi, i contributi, le sovvenzioni, i sussidi. Finché si…
reblogged from exfed
really nice design
Elizabeth Warren, next senator of Massachusetts
un mito. una leggenda.
The company I want to work for
Paul Graham’s post on patent is right on and presents a simple solution that we can all act upon but his best quote is
Technology companies win by attracting the most productive people, and the most productive people are attracted to employers who hold themselves to a higher standard than the law requires.
That’s what I want from my company
(Source: paulgraham.com)
![I studied my results with the compass tool and figured out the branch angles. The pattern was about 137 degrees and the Fibonacci sequence was 2/5. Then I built a model using this pattern from PVC tubing. In place of leaves, I used PV solar panels hooked up in series that produced up to 1/2 volt, so the peak output of the model was 5 volts. The entire design copied the pattern of an oak tree as closely as possible.
[…]
The Fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat-panel model. The tree design made 20% more electricity and collected 2 1/2 more hours of sunlight during the day. But the most interesting results were in December, when the Sun was at its lowest point in the sky. The tree design made 50% more electricity, and the collection time of sunlight was up to 50% longer!
brilliant!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq6imazPVr1qznx8ao1_400.jpg)
I studied my results with the compass tool and figured out the branch angles. The pattern was about 137 degrees and the Fibonacci sequence was 2/5. Then I built a model using this pattern from PVC tubing. In place of leaves, I used PV solar panels hooked up in series that produced up to 1/2 volt, so the peak output of the model was 5 volts. The entire design copied the pattern of an oak tree as closely as possible.
[…]
The Fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat-panel model. The tree design made 20% more electricity and collected 2 1/2 more hours of sunlight during the day. But the most interesting results were in December, when the Sun was at its lowest point in the sky. The tree design made 50% more electricity, and the collection time of sunlight was up to 50% longer!
brilliant!
everybody equal?
It doesn’t get any simpler than this, directly from one of the richest person in the US, Warren Buffett:
While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks.
My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.
(Source: The New York Times)
I have finally spent some time looking at Khan Academy. I can totally see my sons starting to use it in the next couple years. But there are lessons there that I want to take. Certainly great innovation in education. Love the peer to peer tutoring approach.
